Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2003 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,362
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	145
16-25 years old:	161
26-50 years old:	484
50+ years old:	571

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OFF GARBAGE CAN. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL FROM GARBAGE CAN DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT WRIST SPRAIN. WAS CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN AND DROPPED IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:R WRIST LAC. STUFFING GARBAGE INTO CAN AND CUT ON GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21 YO FEMALE HIT WRIST ON CORNER OF WOODEN GARBAGE CONTAINER TRAUMATIC TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:L WRIST LAC. PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO CAN AND CUT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT WRIST PAIN. PT FELL WHEN GETTING OFF A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING TRASH CANS OUT AND INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN LID FELL ON RT. WRIST DX: CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STUFFING TRASH IN A PORCELAIN TRASH CAN LACERATION RIGHT WRIST 3.5 CM - 1.5 CM FELXOR TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT TRASH FX KNEE WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO R WRIST, CUT ON UNKNOWN TRASH IN DUMPSTER DX: OLD LAC TO R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT WRIST ON TRASH CAN DX LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN: PUSHING LARGE TRASH CAN AND BENT WRIST BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
23YO M PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN AND CUT WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED & FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE. ACUTE CLOSED FX LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FRACTURED WRIST WHEN FELL MOVING GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT WRIST ON DUMPSTER DX. WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FRACTURED WRIST WHEN FELL WHEN PICKING UP TRASH CAN TO TAKE GARBAGE OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS EMPTYING A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME FELT A POP IN LEFT WRIST STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID FELL ON PATIENT'S ARM AT HOME; WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. FELL OFF DUMPSTER, HURT HER WRIST FRATURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT WRIST SPR. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN PICKING UP A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT WRIST SPRAIN-REMODELING-THROWING WOOD INTO DUMPSTER-FELT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCTURED WRIST ON GLASS IN THE TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT DUMPSTER FALLING BACKWARD SPRAINING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
41 YO MALE HURT LEFT WRIST LIFTING HEAVY TRASH CANTENDONITIS LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STRAINED WRIST WHEN PUSHING A WASTE CONTAINER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT WRIST FX. PT FELL OFF A DUMPSTER INJURING WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
35 YO F W/GARBAGE CAN IN HAND FELL INJURY TO WRIST CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER TRASH CAN; FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LT WRIST FX-FELL GETTING GARBAGE CAN FROM SNOWBANK-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
46 YOM WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE CAN AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL. FRAC TURE, LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS BRINGING IN A GARBAGE CAN FROM ROADWAY AND THERE WAS A FOX IN TH E GARBAGE CAN WHO BIT HIM IN THE LEFT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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